Rwanda's forest rents (% of GDP) was 3.97% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.96 percentage points from 5.93% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.97% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 5.84% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 5.93% | 2011 |
| Highest | 16.24% | 1994 |
| Lowest | 3.53% | 1985 |
| Average since 2012 | 5.17% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 8.31% | 1970 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Rwanda's forest rents (% of GDP) fell 0.11 percentage points on 2020 (from 4.08% to 3.97%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 11.28 percentage points in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.39 percentage points in 1999. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.29 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 82% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, Rwanda had the 20th highest value of the 197 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 3.97% | 2021 |
| World | 0.15% | 2021 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.29% | 2021 |
| Low income | 5.97% | 2021 |
Closest to Rwanda in the 2021 ranking
What this measures
Forest rents are roundwood harvest times the product of regional prices and a regional rental rate.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 52 values
| Year | Forest rents (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.97 |
| 2020 | 4.08 |
| 2019 | 3.78 |
| 2018 | 4.48 |
| 2017 | 5.73 |
| 2016 | 5.84 |
| 2015 | 5.68 |
| 2014 | 6.03 |
| 2013 | 6.1 |
| 2012 | 6.01 |
| 2011 | 5.93 |
Forest rents (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 0.68% (2021)
- Benin — 2.3% (2021)
- Botswana — 0.3% (2021)
- Burkina Faso — 4.68% (2021)
- Burundi — 13.96% (2021)
- Cabo Verde — 0.48% (2021)
- Cameroon — 2.58% (2021)
- Central African Republic — 9.49% (2021)
- Chad — 4.58% (2021)
- Comoros — 1.63% (2021)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 9.36% (2021)
- Congo, Rep.
More environment data for Rwanda
- Population in largest city — 1.33 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 29.53% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 1.33 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 9.13% (2025)
- Rural population — 10.07 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 69.09% (2025)
- Urban population — 4.5 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 30.91% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 8,392 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Rwanda's forest rents (% of GDP)?
- 3.97% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is down 4.35 percentage points from 8.31% in 1970. The highest value was 16.24% in 1994 and the lowest 3.53% in 1985.
- How does Rwanda rank?
- 20th highest of 197 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in forest rents (% of GDP) unusual for Rwanda?
- In 2021, Rwanda's forest rents (% of GDP) fell 0.11 percentage points on 2020 (from 4.08% to 3.97%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.FRST.RT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/changing-wealth-of-nations/data, note: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations., publisher: World Bank (WB); Staff estimates, Wo… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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